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D-Index
67
Citations
13415
World Ranking
1632
National Ranking
598

William T. Peterson publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William T. Peterson sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 216 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

William T. Peterson D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William T. Peterson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

William T. Peterson was affiliated with the National Marine Fisheries Service in the United States. Their research primarily contributed to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's main topics of work included Marine and fisheries research, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Underwater Acoustics Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and Marine and coastal ecosystems.

William T. Peterson published research in several venues, most notably in Progress In Oceanography and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). Their recent papers are:

  • Comparison of condition metrics and lipid content between Euphausia pacifica and Thysanoessa spinifera in the northern California Current, USA (2020), Progress In Oceanography
  • Cohort analysis of Euphausia pacifica from the Northeast Pacific population using a Gaussian mixture model (2020), Progress In Oceanography
  • Capturing copepod dynamics in the Northern California Current using sentinel stations (2021), Progress In Oceanography
  • Spatially gridded cross-shelf hydrographic sections and monthly climatologies from shipboard survey data collected along the Newport Hydrographic Line, 1997-2021 (2022), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Spatially gridded cross-shelf hydrographic sections and monthly climatologies from shipboard survey data collected along the Newport Hydrographic Line, 1997-2021 (2022), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Throughout their career, William T. Peterson collaborated frequently with several researchers including:

  • Jennifer L. Fisher
  • Cheryl A. Morgan
  • C. Tracy Shaw
  • Leah R. Feinberg
  • Craig M. Risien

Best Publications

  • Emergence of Anoxia in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem

    F. Chan;J. A. Barth;J. Lubchenco;A. Kirincich

  • A new climate regime in northeast pacific ecosystems

    William T. Peterson;Franklin B. Schwing

  • The effect of temperature on the gut clearance rate constant of planktonic copepods

    Hans G. Dam;William T. Peterson

  • Seabirds as indicators of marine ecosystems

    John F. Piatt;William J. Sydeman;Francis Wiese

  • Copepod hatching success in marine ecosystems with high diatom concentrations

    Xabier Irigoien;Roger P. Harris;Hans M. Verheye;Pierre Joly

  • Massive Mortality of a Planktivorous Seabird in Response to a Marine Heatwave

    Timothy Jones;Julia K. Parrish;William T. Peterson;Eric P. Bjorkstedt

  • Copepod biodiversity as an indicator of changes in ocean and climate conditions of the northern California current ecosystem

    Rian C. Hooff;William T. Peterson

  • Zonation and maintenance of copepod populations in the Oregon upwelling zone

    William T. Peterson;Charles B. Miller;Anne Hutchinson

  • The pelagic ecosystem in the Northern California Current off Oregon during the 2014–2016 warm anomalies within the context of the past 20 years

    William T. Peterson;Jennifer L. Fisher;P. Ted Strub;Xiuning Du

  • Zooplankton species composition is linked to ocean transport in the Northern California Current

    J. E. Keister;E. Di Lorenzo;C. A. Morgan;V. Combes

  • Synthesis of Pacific Ocean Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics

    Emanuele Di Lorenzo;Vincent Combes;Julie E. Keister;P. Ted Strub

  • What Caused the Sacramento River Fall Chinook Stock Collapse

    Steven T. Lindley;Churchill B. Grimes;Michael S. Mohr;William Thornton Peterson

  • The nearshore zone during coastal upwelling: Daily variability and coupling between primary and secondary production off central Chile

    William T Peterson;Dagoberto F Arcos;George B McManus;Hans Dam

  • River Influences on Shelf Ecosystems: Introduction and synthesis

    B. M. Hickey;R. M. Kudela;J. D. Nash;K. W. Bruland

  • Life cycle strategies of copepods in coastal upwelling zones

    W Peterson

  • The effects of the 1997-99 El Nino/La Nina events on hydrography and zooplankton off the central Oregon coast

    W.T. Peterson;J.E. Keister;L.R. Feinberg

  • Climatic regulation of the neurotoxin domoic acid

    S. Morgaine McKibben;William Peterson;A. Michelle Wood;Vera L. Trainer

  • Interannual variability in copepod community composition at a coastal station in the northern California Current: a multivariate approach

    William T. Peterson;Julie E. Keister

  • Zooplankton anomalies in the California Current system before and during the warm ocean conditions of 2005

    D. L. Mackas;W. T. Peterson;M. D. Ohman;B. E. Lavaniegos

  • Copepod egg production, moulting and growth rates and secondary production in the Skagerrak in August 1988

    William T. Peterson;Peter Tiselius;Thomas Kiørboe

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard D. Brodeur
Richard D. Brodeur Oregon State University
Patricia A. Wheeler
Patricia A. Wheeler Oregon State University
Steven J. Bograd
Steven J. Bograd National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Franklin B. Schwing
Franklin B. Schwing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William J. Sydeman
William J. Sydeman Farallon Institute
Evelyn B. Sherr
Evelyn B. Sherr Oregon State University
Ralf Goericke
Ralf Goericke Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Barry F. Sherr
Barry F. Sherr Oregon State University
John L. Largier
John L. Largier University of California, Davis
Robert M. Suryan
Robert M. Suryan National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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